Beveling device



W. M. GARWOOD.

BEVELING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22, 1920. 1,385,782, Patented July 26, 1921.

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BEVELING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-22, I920,

Patented July 26, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILL AM eanwoon, on ma a PENNSYLVANIA, Ass Ie oR rro MILLER SAW-TRIMMER co rANY, on IVPITTSBUBGH, P NNSYLVANIA, nconrona'rro v or PENNSYLVANIA.

BEVELING DEVICE.

T 0 all w 7mm it may concern Be it known that I, \VILLIAM M. GAR- woon, a citizen of the United States, meat,

ments in Beveling Devices, of which the.

following is a specification.

My invention pertains to devices for cutting the ends oftype slugs, brass rule or the like to a bevel.

In printing, when it is desired to set a border around a square cut, .electrotype or the like it is usual to out four pieces of brass rule, or elseiour type slugs having a. line or ornamentalcharacters upon the printing edge, to the proper length, initer-. ing the ends so that the pieces Wlll lit to gether like a box around the cut or the like.

For this and kindred work, the lengths of the cut and mitered slugs or rule inust be very accurate and the nnter ng must be perfect. It is the principal ob ect oi my 111- .W'GlltlOll to provide means by which cutting and beveling of the above character can be easily, quickly; and accurately performed.

y way of example], I have described in the following speciiication, and shown in the accompanying draw ngs, a form of demy inventlon. In these.

vice embodying Figure 1 is a plan oita machine for cutting type slugsghaving appliedthereto a device constructed in accordance with my invention F 2 is an enlarged fragmentary plan showing the mannerfof positioning the. slugs to be beveled, with respect to the spacing g g a Fig. 3 is :an enlarged planofthe spacing gage, showing the'means for adjusting its position for use in connection withslugs of different thicknesses;

Fig. 4; is a section. on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, looking'in thedirection ofthe aro .Fig. 5 is a plan show-ingthe position of V theparts for the first .beveling cut; and

Fig. 6 is a' plan showing the position of the parts for thesecondbeveling out.

My improveddevice is very well adapted for use in connection with such a slugcutting. nachineias is described in Patent 'No.

r 986,485 issuedto H. as. Miller Mi an a,

1911 for vises. Such 'a;;slug cutting ma;

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented uly 26', 1921. Application filed January 22, 1920. Serial o. 353,347.

end gage 14L extending at right angles to the side gage and shdablethereon, said end gage carrying an adjusting worm 11 5, graduated to points, engaging corresponding worm grooves in the side gage 13. The side gage 13 is normally positioned at right angles to the cutting plane of the saw, but it may be swung so as to assume various other angles with,;sucl1 plane, the most 111% quently usedafter the right angle being the forty-five degree position indicated in Figs. 5 and 6. vise cooperates with the side gage and includes a vise-har l6, operated by a handle 17. The end of the side gage is squared .so as to i provide a surface 18 ,at

right angles to the mainslu -engaging surface 19 of the gage, and with this surface 18 cooperates a supplementalvise 20, when. the side gage isswung into the forty-five degree position. On the fixed table 10 (Figs;

the bottomof saidshanklbeing formed with a tongue 23 which'slidably engages a groove formed in the top ofthe fixed table 10*. A

. cap screw 24, passing througha slot 25, ex-

tending lengthwise of the shank 22, and entering one or the other ofthe two holes 26 in the table 10?, serves. tohold the member in any position to WlllCl1ilt mLy be adjusted. The machine, as thus far described, is old and well known in the art. i I

The member 2O has heretofore" been termed a batter and has been employed to line up the ends of type slugs by being.

pushed forwardjso asto engage the irregular slug-ends and thus bring .them into line. According to my invention, I employ the member 20 as spacinggage, and to that end form inthe shank 22 thereofa series of holes 27 which. cooperate with another series of holes 28 formed the table 10 these holes 28 being so spaced asto require a a longitudinal adjustmentof the gage menu berto bring each of them into alinement with its corresponding hole 27 in the shank ofthe;

' points as one of its shorter sides. 7

Supposing, for 1nstance, a box having gage member. Brass rule and type slugs are purchased in standardv thicknesses,

"measured in points, andthe holes' 27 are numbered, as indicated inFig. 3, to'correspond with slugs of these standard; thicknesses; thus the hole numbered 2 will be em-..

ployed, with; its correspondinghola 28,

' when a slug 2 points in thickness is to be mitered, the hole numbered will be used in connection with a slug of 10 points thlckness, andso forthlg The spacing of these "holeswill be readily understood from Fig.

20f the drawingsin which the side gage is shown positioned at theforty-five degree angle with "four six point slugs 81 placed in position against it, the broken line a-b indicating the line of out of the saw. The position of the holes 27 and 28 for six point slugs is such that, when brought into alinement bythe pin 30, thelocation of the slug-engaging face 21 is such that the rear corners 0 of the slugs will be -precisely on the line (Z -b, when such slugs. are made to abut,

with their front corners d, against such face. That is to'say,'the location of the slug-engaging. face '21 issuch that distance (I -Te between it 'andthe line of cut angled triangle having six points as one of 'itsshorter sides. Similarly the holes 27 and 28' for two-point slugs areso' placed that, when brought into alinement bythe pin 30,'the slug-engaging face '21 will-be spaced from the-line a b a distance equal to the altitude of triangle havingitwo side's. twenty picas and four points'longis to be made fromsix-point slugs, to form a margin for a cut, type-matter. or the like. By employing the improved device herein described, this 'is effected as follows: With the side gage "13111 the rightangled posi- Spacing gageQO forming an abutment for- I the slugs,'is then adjusted and the pin 80 tion shown in Fig."1,'the end gaged lis set precisely at twenty picas and four points, the slugs 31 are placed in position against the face 19 of the side gage with their ends abutting against the end gage and are locked in this position by the vise bar 16, and a cut is made by sliding the tablef11 past the" saw: 1%. This cuts the slugs to length of precisely twenty picas and four points. The

inserted in the holes 27 and 28 correspond- ,ing to a six point sing, the side gage is swung into the forty-five degree position (Fig. 5 the slugs 31 are shifted so .as to abut, with their corners d, against the face 21' thespacing gage and are locked in that position by the vise bar 16, anda second 3 cut is made. This" second cut miters the slugs-at one end without" disturbing their length. The slugs are then placed against the surface 18 of the side gage (Fig. 6),"

\Vhile I have described of the saw is'equal to the altitude of a'right are shifted so that the corners of their other ends abut against the face 21 of thespacing gage, are locked in this position by means of the vise 20; and a third cut is made. This third cutf miters the other ends of the slugs without disturbing their length.

The operation, as described above, is very easily and quickly accomplished. There are required but one setting of the end gage,

what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

LA device for beveling the ends of typeslugs or the like, comprising cutting means, an abutmentbeyond the plane of cutting of said cutting m'eans,said abutment having a slug-engaging face,and means for adjusting 'said abutment to bring said face to a distance from the plane of cutting of said cutting meansequal'to the altitude of a rightangled triangle having the thickness of the slug to be beveled as one of its shorter sides, said adjusting means having. indicia for designating the position ofadjustment for slugs of varying thicknesses. f

2. A device for 'beveling the ends: of

type-slugs or the like, comprising a sup port,a rotary saw associated with said support, a rest mounted on said support so as to be movable into and out of operative position with respect to said saw, an abutment h aving a slug-engaging face, means for sup:

porting said abutment at the side of said saw remote from said rest, and means for adjusting said abutment to bring said face to a'distan'ce fromthe plane of cutting of said saw equal to the altitude of a rightangled triangle having the thickness of the slug to be beveled as one of its shorter sides, said adjusting means having 7 tindicia for designating the position of adjustment for slugs of varying thicknesses 3. A device for beveling the ends of typeslugs or the like comprising a support, a rotary saw associated with said support, a rest havinga slug-engaging face, mounted on said support so as to be movable into and out of operative'position with respect to said saw and so as to be capableof being 7 moved from a'position in which said face extends at right angles to the cutting plane of said saw to a position in which said face extends at a different angle, an abutmenthaving a slug-engaging face, means, for supporting said abutment at the side of said saw remote from said rest, and means for adjusting said abutment to bring its slugengaging face to a distance from the cutting plane of said saw equal to the altitude of a right-angled triangle having the thickness of the slug to be beveled as one of its shorter sides, said adjusting means having indicia for designating the position of adjustment for slugs of varying thicknesses.

4. A device for beveling the ends of typeslugs or the like comprising a support, a rotary saw associated With said support, a rest having a slug-engaging face, mounted on said support so as to be movable into and out of operative position with respect to said saw and so as to be capable of being moved from a position in Which said face extends at right angles to the cutting plane of the saw to a position in which said face extends at a different angle, said rest having a second slug-engaging face extending at right angles to the first-named face, an abutment having a slug-engaging face, means for supporting said abutment at the side of said saw remote from said rest, and means for adjusting said abutment to bring its slugengaging face to a distance from'the cutting plane of said saw'equal to the altitude of a right-angled triangle having the thickness of the slug to be beveled as one of its shorter sides, said adjusting means having indicia for designating the position of adjustment for slugs of varying thicknesses.

In testnnony whereof I have hereto afiixed my signature.

MARIE Enron, THEO. R. FOSTER. 

